[lostalex]

There are also numerous studies that show children who have been hit as a form of discipline have lower IQs and more behavioral problems.

I'm not saying being hit makes you dumber, i'm saying children with disabilities experience more violence, and it's not right. You can't beat someone into being a better person, especially if they have a disability.

but even hitting smart kids is damaging, because it teaches them that violence is the solution to problems. Children learn how to be adults by their experiences with adults as children.

Just like Also men who beat women come from families where they had a father that beat their mother, and girls who are in abusive relationships grew up in households where they watched their mother being abused. Because it affects the subconscious, subconsciously they learn that it is normal.

We learn how to be adults from the adults we watched when we were children.

The older i get, the more i recognize how much like my dad i really am. I would never admit it when i was teenager.